Sierra T. Sturdivant
Special Education Coordinator, Suburban public school district
Boise, ID · (360) 555 0181 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/sierratsturdivant
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Fourteen years in special education, five coordinating district programs
INDUSTRIES
Suburban public school district, alternative school setting
SPECIALTIES
Individualized education program compliance, functional behavior assessment, least restrictive environment placement, paraprofessional supervision
SYSTEMS
PowerSchool Special Programs, Frontline Education, Google Classroom, Microsoft Excel
CREDENTIALS
Idaho exceptional child generalist certificate, Idaho director of special education endorsement
EDUCATION
Master of Education in special education, Boise State University; Bachelor of Arts in elementary education, University of Idaho
Results at a Glance
80%
School day
96
Aides have completed
$310k
Federal special education
Executive Summary
Special education coordinator for a district of 6,200 students, responsible for 640 individualized education programs across nine schools. Fourteen years in special education, five of them coordinating. Came up through a self contained classroom for students with emotional and behavioral needs, which still shapes how she writes behavior intervention plans.
Signature Achievements
- Cut late annual reviews of individualized education programs from 74 in a year to 3 by moving every meeting date into one shared compliance calendar.
- Raised the share of students with disabilities served in general education for 80 percent or more of the school day from 51 percent to 68 percent across nine schools.
- Led 41 functional behavior assessments in three years and wrote the behavior intervention plans that followed, which took district restraint reports from 62 to 19.
- Passed a state monitoring review with two minor findings after the previous cycle produced eleven.
- Built a paraprofessional training series that 96 aides have completed, now run twice a year before the school year opens.
- Recovered 310,000 dollars in federal special education funding by correcting how reimbursable health services were documented.
Professional Experience
Special Education Coordinator
Boise Foothills School District, Boise, ID 2021 to present
Coordinates services for 640 students across nine schools with 38 teachers and 71 paraprofessionals.
- Chairs individualized education program meetings for the most complex placements and mediates disagreements before they reach due process.
- Reviews every evaluation for eligibility under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act before the team convenes.
- Supervises the district behavior team and signs off on all behavior intervention plans.
- Runs the annual state reporting cycle for child count, placement and discipline data.
- Advises principals on section 504 plans and where the line sits between those and special education eligibility.
Special Education Teacher and Building Case Manager
Payette River Middle School, Emmett, ID 2016 to 2021
Taught a resource setting of 24 students and managed the building caseload.
- Wrote and monitored 24 individualized education programs and coordinated eleven more with related service providers.
- Co taught seventh grade mathematics with a general education partner for four periods a day.
- Trained three new teachers to write measurable annual goals that could be progress monitored.
Special Education Teacher
Snake River Learning Center, Nampa, ID 2012 to 2016
Taught a self contained classroom of nine students with emotional and behavioral needs.
- Designed daily point sheets and reinforcement systems tied to each student's behavior intervention plan.
- Returned six students to their home schools over four years with written transition plans.
- Ran family meetings with an interpreter for four Spanish speaking households.
Licensure and Certification
Idaho exceptional child generalist certificate
Idaho director of special education endorsement
Crisis Prevention Institute nonviolent crisis intervention instructor
Member, Council for Exceptional Children
Education
Master of Education in special education, Boise State University, 2016
Bachelor of Arts in elementary education, University of Idaho, 2011
Core Skills
Individualized education program writing · Eligibility determination · Functional behavior assessment · Behavior intervention planning · Least restrictive environment placement · Paraprofessional supervision · State compliance reporting · Parent conflict resolution · Related service coordination · Transition planning